Treading Snow Without Trace

In front of the Xiao Clan Dou Technique Hall was a Training Ground.

This was where members of the Xiao Clan practiced Fighting Skills.

Several Battlers were also teaching here.

Besides that, they kept watch over some of the Xiao Clan juniors as they sparred, preventing them from injuring each other.

When they saw Xiao Yang arrive, many people took the initiative to greet him.

"Cousin Xiao Yang, you're up so early."

"Cousin Xiao Yang, long time no see."

"Xiao Yang, here to learn a Fighting Skill?"

Xiao Yang greeted them all in return.

Unlike Xiao Yan, Xiao Yang was extremely popular within the Xiao Clan.

Even if Xiao Yang's talent was not among the very best, he had money!

Not only was he rich himself, he had also led the Xiao Clan in making money!

Xiao Yang was very well known in the Xiao Clan.

When he had first begun expanding his restaurants, the Xiao Clan had helped him as well.

As a result, the Xiao Clan also held a small share in his restaurants.

Although its shares were not as numerous as Xiao Yang's own, they had still greatly increased the Xiao Clan's assets!

With the Xiao Clan becoming wealthier, the resources and pocket money available to its members naturally increased as well.

There was also the wine from the restaurants.

One reason Xiao Yang's restaurants were so popular, aside from the adapted novels he had brought over, was their wine.

The wine in Xiao Yang's restaurants was far stronger than anything on the Dou Qi Continent.

That was why his restaurants were so popular among mercenaries.

Naturally, Xiao Yang could not brew all that wine himself.

Nor could he trust outsiders with it.

So of course, the brewing was entrusted to the Xiao Clan.

Since the Mite'er Family also held shares in the restaurants,

selling the wine to the restaurants was profitable as well.

Xiao Yang had invested in the brewing business with his technology, so his share was not particularly large.

As a result, the Xiao Clan actually received the larger portion of the money earned from selling the wine.

For this very reason, the Xiao Clan was now far wealthier than before.

Not to mention these juniors.

Even the other elders of the Xiao Clan were exceedingly cordial when facing Xiao Yang.

They could not help it. A wealthy, generous patron like Xiao Yang who did not meddle in affairs was simply too appealing!

Those elders even treated Xiao Yang better than they treated Xiao Zhan!

This made Xiao Yang's status extremely high.

At that moment, a Battler who specialized in teaching Fighting Skills to the juniors also came over.

"Xiao Yang, what Fighting Skill are you looking for this time? Want me to recommend one?"

The man was called Xiao Yuan. A seven-star Battler, he was considered quite capable within the Xiao Clan.

He had served as a Fighting Skill instructor here for nearly ten years.

Thus, he knew the Xiao Clan Dou Technique Hall like the back of his hand.

Xiao Yang did not stand on ceremony and said with a smile,

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Uncle Yuan."

"This time, I want a movement-type Fighting Skill."

"It'll mainly be used in battle, so I want something more agile."

There were mainly two types of movement Fighting Skills.

One was for traveling long distances, while the other was for evading attacks within a small area.

What Xiao Yang wanted was the latter.

Without even thinking, Xiao Yuan said,

"The Xiao Clan currently does not have many movement Fighting Skills."

"One Huang Tier high-level Fighting Skill called Four Directions Step suits your needs very well."

"It's just somewhat difficult to learn."

"There's also a Huang Tier mid-level Fighting Skill called Dragonfly Skimming Water. It's easier to learn, but it isn't as agile as Four Directions Step."

As expected of a Fighting Skill instructor, Xiao Yuan had thought of Fighting Skills suited to Xiao Yang in an instant.

Xiao Yang thought for a moment before saying,

"How about this, Uncle Yuan? I'll look at both and see which one suits me."

Xiao Yuan had no objections and directly led Xiao Yang to the bookshelf where the two techniques were kept.

Xiao Yang planned to take both Fighting Skill scrolls back and study them.

Before long, Xiao Yuan finished registering them for Xiao Yang.

After bidding Xiao Yuan farewell, Xiao Yang took the two Fighting Skill scrolls back to his courtyard.

After securely closing the door to his small courtyard, the first thing Xiao Yang did was inspect the information on the two Fighting Skills.

[Four Directions Step (Level 2): Huang Tier high-level Fighting Skill, a movement technique for maneuvering within a small area. Once mastered, it can...

Cultivation method:...

Completeness: 100%

Owner: Xiao Clan

Can it be enhanced: No]

[Dragonfly Skimming Water (Level 1): Huang Tier mid-level Fighting Skill, a movement technique for maneuvering within a small area. Once mastered, it can...

Cultivation method:...

Completeness: 100%

Owner: Xiao Clan

Can it be enhanced: No]

Xiao Yang had known before that Huang Tier mid- and low-level Fighting Skills were all Level 1.

However, Huang Tier high-level Fighting Skills counted as Level 2 treasures.

It was just that the current owner of both Fighting Skills was the Xiao Clan, so they could not be enhanced.

Xiao Yang thought for a moment, then took out paper and a brush and began copying them down.

Generally speaking, copying clan Fighting Skills was forbidden in order to prevent them from accidentally leaking out.

This was especially true for a Huang Tier high-level Fighting Skill.

However, Xiao Yang merely wanted to test whether a copied version would count as his own.

Before long, he had copied down Four Directions Step.

[Four Directions Step (Level 2): Huang Tier high-level Fighting Skill, a movement technique for maneuvering within a small area. Once mastered, it can...

Cultivation method:...

Completeness: 99%

Owner: Xiao Yang

Can it be enhanced: Yes]

Hmm?

Xiao Yang picked up the scroll and compared it with his copy.

He quickly discovered that he had missed a punctuation mark.

After adding it in, the completeness became 100%.

Looking at the remaining Dragonfly Skimming Water, Xiao Yang thought it over and decided to enhance Four Directions Step instead.

After all, Four Directions Step was of a higher level.

Since he had no idea what the enhanced Fighting Skill would become anyway, it was naturally better to enhance the higher-level one.

Without hesitation, he directly chose to enhance Four Directions Step.

The next moment, a system notification sounded in his mind.

[Consume 20 Origin Points to enhance the Level 2 treasure Four Directions Step?]

Xiao Yang directly chose "Yes."

The next moment, a beam of white light shot out from Xiao Yang's body toward the sheet of paper on which he had copied Four Directions Step.

Immediately afterward, another system notification sounded in Xiao Yang's mind.

"Congratulations, Host. You have received a 31-fold enhancement and obtained Treading Snow Without Trace!"

With a flash of white light, the original sheet of paper vanished, replaced by a white scroll.

On the side of the scroll were four large black characters—Treading Snow Without Trace.

[Treading Snow Without Trace (Level 4): Xuan Tier mid-level Fighting Skill. Once mastered, it allows one to walk on water and leave no trace upon snow...

Cultivation method:...

Completeness: 100%

Owner: Xiao Yang

Can it be enhanced: No]

Xiao Yang opened the scroll and gave it a quick look.

Satisfaction soon flashed across his face.

Treading Snow Without Trace was far more profound than Dragonfly Skimming Water and Four Directions Step!

Not only that, although Treading Snow Without Trace was a movement technique for maneuvering within a small area, it could also be used for traveling.

Treading Snow Without Trace mainly involved channeling Dou Qi into the meridians of the feet to increase the agility of one's steps.

Xiao Yang decided that he would cultivate Treading Snow Without Trace as his movement Fighting Skill for the time being.

A Xuan Tier mid-level movement Fighting Skill was something he could barely use at his current level.